Mikhail Carlowitz

Mikhail Carlowitz (11 January 1780-24 January 1813) was a Colonel of the Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars. Carlowitz commanded a brigade of Opelchenie militia during the War of the Sixth Coalition, and was killed in the Battle of Sweicie.

Biography
Mikhail Carlowitz was a Russian-Jewish man from Kiev, and he joined the Russian armed forces in 1797. He fought against France in northern Italy in 1799-1800 during the War of the Second Coalition, and gained more fighting experience during the Napoleonic Wars. In 1809 he was appointed Colonel of newly-formed Opelchenie regiments that were mobilized in the Ukraine.

Death
Carlowitz fought in the Russian Campaign in 1812, before joining the push into French-occupied Poland in the winter of 1812-1813. The new year brought Russian and Prussian offensives into Poland, and Carlowitz led a brigade against the French at the Battle of Swiecie.

During the battle, his brigade was the last on the battlefield to fight against the French, even as other Russian units retreated. Carlowitz was stabbed in the chest by a French bayonet, mortally wounding him. He died three days later in a field hospital nearby.